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As global growth improves, the outlook for the eurozone with its relatively high exposure to international demand is brightening, Mario Pietrunti, Senior Economist for the eurozone, talks to Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, about the economic outlook for the euro area in this Talking Heads podcast. Further out, challenges loom: weak European competitiveness, geopolitical headwinds, productivity issues, and restrictive central bank monetary policy.

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With the bull market in bonds now behind us and investors looking for effective ways to position portfolios in fixed income, absolute return fixed income strategies offer potential. They seek to reap positive returns regardless of the direction of bond yields.Listen to this Talking Heads podcast with Jay Mistry, Senior Portfolio Manager on our absolute return fixed income team. He tells Andrew Craig, Co-head of the Investment Insights Centre, that appealing features of this approach also include its focus on capital preservation and benefiting from value differences between regions, countries and markets, even if yields are moving higher.  

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The prospect of rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve later this year should allow frontier market bonds to build on what has been a months-long run of robust performance according to Guy Tossou, Senior Portfolio Manager for Emerging Market Frontier Debt. Guy tells Andrew Craig, co-Head of the Investment Insights Centre, that within the asset class, there are still frontier markets where his investment team continues to see value.

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A growing number of governments and state agencies is turning to the green bond market to fund measures aimed at helping countries to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change or tackle issues such as social inequality.Listen to this Talking Heads podcast with Malika Takhtayeva, ESG analyst, and Ilan Tamsot, Portfolio Manager, as they discuss the sovereign green bond scoring methodology of BNP Paribas Asset Management and today’s green bond market challenges with Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist.

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Indian equities have seen three years of solid performance amid earnings growth and political continuity. In our view, conditions are in place for further gains as this sprawling economy of 1.44 billion consumers vies to take over from China’s as the world’s second largest. Jayesh Gandhi, Head of India Equities, tells Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, in this episode of Talking Heads that the upbeat outlook for the large services sector, further domestic growth and the reallocation of Indian assets towards equities should underpin the market. Potential risk factors to monitor include rises in energy prices and/or interest rates. Both of which could throw the economy off course. 

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Marketing and media campaigns and celebrity endorsements have boosted consumer demand for anti-obesity drugs, boosting the results of the makers of these weight loss pills. Get the full picture and what it means for food sector investing from Agne Rackauskaite, Portfolio Manager at Impax Asset Management, on this Talking Heads podcast with Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist.

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